| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Nor | Dane | Brit | German | Swede |
| Yellow | Blue | Red | Green | White |
| Water | Tea | Milk | Coffee | Beer |
| Dunhill | Blend | Prince | Blue Master | |
| Cat | Horse | Bird | .......... | Dog |
Answer to the quiz below
Monday 31 December 2012
German had the fish
Happy New Year - see list if you do not understand English
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year to all
I thought as a child that if you do something on the new year day, you may have to do it for rest of the year.
I am working tomorrow..........................
Adhola: Bothi Oro Manyeni |
| Afgani: Saale Nao Mubbarak |
| Alsacian: E Glecklichs Nej Johr! |
| Albanian: Gezuar Vitin e Ri |
| Arabic: Kul 'am wa antum bikhair |
| Armenian: Snorhavor Nor Tari |
| Assyrian: Sheta Brikhta |
| Afrikaans: Gelukkige nuwe jaar |
| Assamese: Rongaali Bihur Xubhessaa Lobo |
| Azeri: Yeni Iliniz Mubarek! |
| Bamoun: Poket Lum Mfe |
| Bafut: Mboni Alooyefee |
| Banen: Hion Hios Hes |
| Balochi: Noki saal mubarrak bibi |
| Bengali: Shuvo Nabo Barsho |
| Breton: Bloavezh Mat |
| Bulgarian: ×åñòèòà Íîâà Ãîäèíà(pronounced "Chestita Nova Godina") |
| Cambodian: Soursdey Chhnam Tmei |
| Catalan: FELIÇ ANY NOU |
| Chakma: Nuo bazzor bekkunore |
| Chinese: Xin Nian Kuai Le |
| Corsican: Pace e Salute |
| Croatian: Sretna Nova godina! |
| Cymraeg/Welsh: Blwyddyn Newydd Dda |
| Czech: Stastný Novy rok (or Stastny Novy rok) |
| Danish: Godt Nytar |
| Dhivehi: Ufaaveri Aa Aharakah Edhen |
| Dutch: GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR! |
| Eskimo: Kiortame pivdluaritlo |
| Esperanto: Felican Novan Jaron |
| Estonians: Head uut aastat! |
| English: Wishing you all happy new year! |
| Ethiopian: MELKAM ADDIS AMET YIHUNELIWO! |
| Ethiopian/Eritrean Tigrigna:RUHUS HADUSH AMET |
| Finnish: Onnellista Uutta Vuotta |
| Flemish: Beste wensen |
| French: Bonne Annee |
| Gaelic: Bliadhna mhath ur |
| Galician: Bo Nadal e Feliz Aninovo |
| German: Prosit Neujahr |
| Georgian: GILOTSAVT AKHAL TSELS! |
| Greek: Kenourios Chronos |
| Gujarati: Nutan Varshbhinandan |
| Hawaiian: Hauoli Makahiki Hou |
| Hebrew: L'Shannah Tovah |
| Hindi: Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen |
| Hong kong: (Cantonese) Sun Leen Fai Lok |
| Hungarian: Boldog Ujevet Kivanok |
| Indonesian: Selamat Tahun Baru |
| Iranian: Sal -e- no mobarak |
| Iraqi: Sanah Jadidah |
| Irish: Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit |
| Italian: Felice anno nuovo |
| Japan:: Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu |
| Kabyle: Asegwas Amegaz |
| Kannada: Hosa Varushadha Shubhashayagalu |
| Kisii: SOMWAKA OMOYIA OMUYA |
| Kihaya: Waihhuka n'Omwaka |
| Kikamba: Na Mwaka Mweu Museo |
| Kinyarwanda: Umunsi Mwiza |
| Khasi: Snem Thymmai Basuk Iaphi |
| Khmer: Sua Sdei tfnam tmei |
| Korea: Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo! |
| Kurdish: NEWROZ PIROZBE |
| Latvian: Laimigo Jauno Gadu! |
| Lithuanian: Laimingu Naujuju Metu |
| Laotian: Sabai dee pee mai |
| Macedonian: Srekjna Nova Godina |
| Madagascar: Tratry ny taona |
| Makassar: Salama' Taun Baru |
| Malay: Selamat Tahun Baru |
| Malagasy: Tratry ny taona |
| Mandarin: Xin Nian Kuai Le |
| Mangolian: Shine Zhiliin Mend Khurg'e |
| Marathi: Nveen Varshachy Shubhechcha |
| Malayalam: Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal |
| Mizo: Kum Thar Chibai |
| Maltese: Is-Sena t-Tajba |
| Nepal: Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana |
| Newari: Nhu Da Ya Vintuna |
| Norwegian: Godt Nyttar |
| Oromo: Baga Wagaa Hara Isinin Gaye |
| Oriya: Nua Barshara Subhechha |
| Papua New Guinea: Nupela yia i go long yu |
| Pampango (Philippines): Masaganang Bayung Banua |
| Pashto: Nawai Kall Mo Mubarak Shah |
| Persian: Sal -e- no mobarak |
| Philippines: Manigong Bagong Taon! |
| Polish: Szczesliwego Nowego Roku |
| Portuguese: Feliz Ano Novo |
| Punjabi: Nave sal di mubarak |
| Romanian: AN NOU FERICIT |
| Romansch: Vantirevel Bumang |
| Russian: S Novim Godom |
| Samoa: Manuia le Tausaga Fou |
| Serbo-Croatian: Sretna nova godina |
| Sindhi: Nayou Saal Mubbarak Hoje |
| Singhalese: Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa |
| Siraiki: Nawan Saal Shala Mubarak Theevay |
| Slovak: Stastny Novy rok |
| Slovenian: sreèno novo leto |
| Somali: Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican! |
| Spanish: Feliz Ano ~Nuevo |
| Swahili: Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº |
| Swedish: GOTT NYTT AR! /Gott nytt ar! |
| Sudanese: Warsa Enggal |
| Tamil: Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal |
| Tibetian: Losar Tashi Delek |
| Telegu: Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu |
| Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai |
| Turkish: Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
| Ukrainian: Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku |
| Urdu: Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho |
| Uzbek: Yangi Yil Bilan |
| Vietnamese: Chuc Mung Tan Nien |
The list is not validated so there will be mistaken please spend tomorrow correcting them.
In-depth 2012 analysis: a lot to be thankful
for.
For 2013 I am going back to the drawing board,
and back to the blog.
Happy New Year everyone.
Parin
thanks Kristof - the spelling has been changed
Saturday 29 December 2012
Intelligent Quiz
please post the answer if you get it
Einstein's
Intelligence Quiz
Einstein wrote this quiz last century. He said that 98% of the people in the
world cannot solve the quiz.- There are 5 houses in 5 different colours
- In each house lives a person with a different nationality
- These 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet
- No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar or drink the same drink.
Here's the question: Who owns the fish?
- The Brit lives in a red house
- The Swede keeps dogs as pets
- The Dane drinks tea
- The green house is on the left of the white house
- The green house owner drinks coffee
- The person who smokes
- The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill
- The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk
- The Norwegian lives in the first house
- The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.
- The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill
- The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer
- The German smokes Prince
- The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
- The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water
With these 15 clues the problem is solvable.
Bar Stool Economics
A new post after a long time some thing which I have dug from the past
A professor of economics put this together to show how our current tax system works based on each segment of our population.
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Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. 'Since you are all such good customers, he said, 'I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25%savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
'I only got a dollar out of the $20,' declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,' but he got $10!'
'Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I did!'
'That's true!!' shouted the seventh man. 'Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!'
'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison. 'We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!'
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Georgia
For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
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